Work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9377034-B2
Application number	US-201214239361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2012
Priority date	Jun 19, 2012
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a load sensing system for controlling a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump so as to render a differential pressure obtained by subtracting a maximum load pressure among the hydraulic actuators from a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump to be a constant pressure, and there are provided: a first load pressure flow passage which introduces load pressures of the hydraulic actuators to be outputted to a PLS transmission line which transmits the maximum load pressure among the hydraulic actuators at the time of activating the hydraulic actuators; and a second load pressure flow passage which is a flow path for introducing the load pressures of the hydraulic actuators to be outputted to the PLS transmission line during operation after activations of the hydraulic actuators, and wherein a flow rate of the pressure oil therein is reduced than that in the first load pressure flow passage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A working machine comprising:
a plurality of hydraulic actuators;
a variable displacement hydraulic pump for supplying pressure oil to these hydraulic actuators; and
a load sensing system for controlling a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump so as to render a differential pressure obtained by subtracting a maximum load pressure among the hydraulic actuators from a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump to be a constant pressure, wherein
the working machine is provided with: a first load pressure flow passage which introduces load pressures of the hydraulic actuators to be outputted to a PLS transmission line which transmits the maximum load pressure among the hydraulic actuators at the time of activating the hydraulic actuators; and
a second load pressure flow passage which is a flow path for introducing the load pressures of the hydraulic actuators to be outputted to said PLS transmission line during operation after activations of the hydraulic actuators, and wherein a flow rate of the pressure oil therein is reduced lower than that in said first load pressure flow passage.

2. The working machine according to claim 1 , comprising:
direction switching valves provided in correspondence with the respective hydraulic actuators, the direction switching valves controlling supply directions of the pressure oil discharged from said hydraulic pump to supply the pressure oil to said hydraulic actuators; and
pressure compensation valves functioning so as to maintain differential pressures before and behind the direction switching valves to be constant, the pressure compensation valves provided in correspondence with the respective direction switching valves, wherein
the pressure compensation valve is provided with said first load pressure flow passage and said second load pressure flow passage, whereby the first load pressure flow passage functions from a beginning of a stroke to a middle of the stroke of the pressure compensation valve and the second load pressure flow passage functions at a time of a full stroke of the pressure compensation valve.

3. The working machine according to claim 2 , wherein the pressure compensation valve is provided with a load pressure introduction port introducing the load pressures of the hydraulic actuators and a load pressure outlet port outputting the load pressures of the hydraulic actuators introduced from this load pressure introduction port to the PLS transmission line, wherein
said load pressure introduction port and said load pressure outlet port are communicated through the first load pressure flow passage from a beginning end of a stroke to a middle of the stroke of the pressure compensation valve, and the communication is switched at the middle of the stroke and thereafter, the load pressure introduction port and the load pressure outlet port are communicated through the second load pressure flow passage.

4. The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein a diaphragm is provided in the second load pressure flow passage without providing a diaphragm in said first load pressure flow passage, whereby a flow rate of the pressure oil of the second load pressure flow passage is reduced lower than that of the first load pressure flow passage.

5. The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein diaphragms are provided in both said first load pressure flow passage and said second load pressure flow passage and a flow path opening area of the diaphragm of the second load pressure flow passage is made smaller compared to a flow path opening area of the diaphragm of the first load pressure flow passage, whereby a flow rate of the pressure oil of the second load pressure flow passage is reduced lower than that of the first load pressure flow passage.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Horii Hiroshi

Classifications

• F15B2211/651

  characterised by the way the load pressure is communicated to the load sensing circuit · CPC title

• F15B2211/8613

  the abnormal condition being oscillations · CPC title

• F15B13/026 Primary

  Pressure compensating valves · CPC title

• F15B2211/7135

  Combinations of output members of different types, e.g. single-acting cylinders with rotary motors · CPC title

• E02F9/2239

  using two or more pumps with cross-assistance · CPC title